Recent trends of Pharmaceutical Industry
Recent trends of Pharmaceutical Industry
While many pharmaceutical companies have successfully deployed a plethora of
strategies to target the various customer types, recent business and customer trends are
creating new challenges and opportunities for increasing profitability.
In the pharmaceutical and healthcare industries, a complex web of decision-makers determines
the nature of the transaction (prescription) for which direct customer (doctor) of the pharma
industry is responsible. Essentially, the end-user (patient) consumes a product and pays
the cost.
Use of medical representatives for marketing products to physicians and to exert some
influence over others in the hierarchy of decision-makers has been a time-tested tradition.
Typically, salesforce expense comprises an estimated 15 percent to 20 percent of annual
product revenues, the largest line item on the balance sheet. Despite this other expense,
the industry is still plagued with some very serious strategic and operational level issues.
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